Wheel-locking device.



r. SBBBER. WHEEL LOCKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT.20,-1913.

1,098,982,; Patented June 2,1914

, WITNESSES: INVEN TOR.--'

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK SEEBER. OFNEW'YORK, N. Y.

WHEEL-LOCKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented J une 2, 1914.

Application filed October 2t), 1913-. Serial No. 796,253.

mobile, bicycle and other vehicle wheels to any suitable portion of thebody of the vehicle in order to prevent the vehicle from being driven orridden away by unauthorized persons. The locking device of the presentinvention belongs to that type having a chain for engagement with thewheel an'dsome fixture, suchas a part of the vehicle body, and a lockfor securing the chain at the proper tension.

One object of the invention is to obviate thestrain upon the lockmechanism which results when one end of the chain is attached to ashackle and the other end to a rigid loop at the opposite side of thelock, or when the two ends of the chain are attached toseparate'shackles on the same look.

Another. object is to facilitate the adjust-- ment of the chain tothe'proper tension without depending entirely upon the regular links.

Further objects will become apparent as the description proceeds.

- The invention will first be hereinafter described in connection withthe accompanying drawings, which constitute a part of thisspecification, and then more specifically set forth in the claims at theend of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters areused to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views 2--Figure 1 ,is a side view of the lock and chain constituting one form ofmy invention, one of the shackles of the lock being shown in openposition and one end of the chain engaged therewith. Fig. 2 is a bottomend View of the lock. Fig. g is a side view of a portion of a modifiedform of chain having double loop integral links. Fig. 4: 1s a side Viewof a portion of chain having another form .of branch link. Fig. 5 is asimilar View of the end portions of a chain such as is illustrated inFig. 4, showing how said ends are fastened together by the Be it knownthat L'Fnnonmok Snnsnn, a

7 relates to wheel locking devices'especially adapted forlockingautowheel for locking the branch link and thelock, and Fig. 6 is a sideView of the locking device such as is illustrated in Fig. 1, applied toa vehicle wheel.

- Referring more particularly to'the drawings, the locking deviceconsists essentially of a chain having branch links attached thereto atintervals-and a lock'having a plurality of shackles, any one of whichmay be used alone for securing both ends of the chain after it has beenpassed through a same. The lock A, as illustrated, has two shackles Band C, one arranged at the top and'the other at the side'thereof; Thelock may also be provided with a rigid non-movable loop D at the bottomfor carrying the 106k on a chain or ring when not in use. The twoshackles are provided for the sake of convenience, it being conceivablethat in some instances or places it will be more convenient to utilizeone of said shackles than the other, especially in view of the fact thatthe loop I) is arranged opposite one of the shackles.

The chain illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6 consists of a plurality of linksE of ordinary form, and one or more branch links F connected at suitableintervals and on opposite sides of the chain, as clearly shown inFig. 1. By means of this arrangement of the links on'both sides of thechain, there will always be one handy for connection to the shackle ofthe lockin whatever position said chain happens to lie after it ispassed through the wheel to be locked. In Fig. 6 th end link E andbranch link F are engaged with the side shackle of the lock, the chainhaving been previously passed through the wheel G.

Instead of the separate branch links F, certain of the links of thechain may be. formed, as illustrated in Fig. 3, with integral branchloops or eyes H, the result being the same.-

As illustrated in Figs. 4: and 5, the branch links K may be separate outhave their sides crimped or bent inward, as at k, to provide seats forthe end link of the chain which maybe slipped over said branch link, asshown in Fi 5', before the lock is attached, said lock in this instancebeing engaged simply with the end of the branch link, it beingunnecessary to have the end link of the chain, as will be readilyunderstood.

it also engage 11o Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 2-.

achain having certain of its links formed with integral branch loopsarranged midway'of the length of said links for the purpose specified.-

3.111 a: locking device of the character described, theco'mbination'with a lock, of a chain having certain of its links formedwith integral branch loops, the diameter of-the openings of which aresubstantially equal to the smaller dimension of the open- 20 ings in thelinks proper, for the purpose specified. g

In' testimony whereof I have signed my, name to this specification-inthe, presence of two attesting witnesses. v v

, FREDERICK SEEBER.

Y Witnesses: C. F. -WHITES1DE, S. JACKSON.

